East Coast Adventure

A stay at East Coast Adventure gives you access to a whole range of activities that can be arranged on site, from kayaking in Carlingford Lough to guided walks to watch the sun rise over the Irish Sea and biking the challenging trails from the Rostrevor Mountain Bike Centre. There are easy family walks in gorgeous landscaped Kilbroney Park (10 minutes’ drive), with its expansive parklands and arboretum planted with rare trees. A forest trail leads up to the famous Cloughmore Stone (15 minutes), a gigantic erratic boulder deposited thousands of years ago during the last Ice Age, and an observation point with spectacular lough views at Kodak Corner, a five-minute walk from the boulder. More testing yomps are found in the Mourne Mountains foothills (15 minutes), where you can climb up to the Mourne Wall – a 22-mile continuous section of dry-stone wall scaling the summit of the hills – or take a picnic to eat by the reservoir in Silent Valley Mountain Park (both half an hour).